AEK advances past Dinamo Zagreb with a 2-2 draw
AEK eliminated Dinamo Zagreb Saturday, 4-3 on aggregate, snatching a 2-2 home draw with two added time goals to advance to the Champions League playoff round.
Samaria Gorge to remain closed until Monday
The Samaria Gorge in Crete, which was closed on August 14 following rockslides caused by an earthquake, will remain closed to visitors until Monday, inclusive, authorities said Saturday.
Report praises new economic model for Greece
In its latest report on Greece, UK bank HSBC notes the change that has taken place in the country’s economic model, with heavier emphasis placed on exports and investments, calling it a major reform story.
Personal diplomacy
The combination of hospitality and personal relationships has always been a powerful weapon in the arsenal of Greek diplomacy.
Church Organ Festival | Syros | August 21-26
An event celebrating a great musical instrument, the Church Organ Festival of Syros returns to the capital of the Cyclades.
Opposition with hard facts
Greece was not “cut in two” by the closure of a section of the national highway between Athens and Corinth because of a fire on a truck, as the pro-SYRIZA website Left.gr argued. The area of Kakia Skala is simply not the center of Greece – unless, of course, you listen to a few Peloponnesians…
2023: Sad days for ‘adoptable’ children in Greece
The year is 2023: a major adoption scandal has unfolded in Hania, Crete. The adoption traffic may have been going on for the past 10 years? Ten years? How about 70 years?
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Large wildfire ravages forest in northern Greece as eight villages are evacuated
Greek authorities on Saturday evacuated eight villages near the northeastern border with Turkey, where a large summer wildfire was burning out of control, whipped on by high winds.
Dream Machines | Hydra | To October 30
Investigating the repercussions of technology on the human imagination, “Dream Machines” is a group exhibition at the Hydra branch of the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art.